[ noun ] the act of accelerating; increasing the speed <noun.act>
But an official of the American Farm Bureau Federation said his group's members are willing to accept a speedup of EPA procedures for imposing permanent bans.
The spending speedup, however, may mean slower future spending, as the budget for the next five years remains unchanged at 1.6 billion ECU.
The workers feel they have been tricked into a speedup, and the United Auto Workers union is threatening a local strike over the issue.
They're just looking for a speedup so these cars from Japan and Germany don't pass us on the highway."
Industries in both countries have requested a speedup of tariff cuts on hundreds of products.
In early 1960, when Arthur Burns warned that the recession would hit bottom near Election Day and urged easier credit and a speedup in defense orders, Eisenhower's cabinet said no.